Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, has said he is resigning after he made sexist comments that sparked an outcry. The 83-year-old Japanese politician, who served as Prime Minister of Japan between April 2000 and April 2001, had said women talk too much during an online meeting of the…
A Nigerian man, Yusuf Suleiman, has been killed 28 days after his wedding to his wife, Ramatu Idris, in Dutsen Abba ward in Kaduna state on February 4. Ramatu in an interview with NAN, recounted how she was made a widow days after she became wife to her now-deceased husband. “There were about…
A 24-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Filipina model who was found dead in River Severn in Worcester. Charles Byrne, 24, was charged with murder and attempted murder after the body of the woman, named locally as Christina Rowe, was found in Worcester, West Mercia police said on Thursday night. …
A yet-to-be-identified student of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, in Owo, Ondo State, was macheted to death by some unknown persons on Wednesday, February 10. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the public relations officer of the institution, Samuel Ojo, said the reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained. Ojo dismissed rumours that the…
A new law decriminalizing same-sex sexual relations went into effect Wednesday, Feb 10, in Angola. The new law overturned a colonial-era “vice against nature” provision that was seen as a ban on homosexual relations. The changes were passed in January 2019 by Angola’s parliament, but was not signed into law by the country’s…
A young man identified as Muktar Akhtar, a resident of Kano, has been declared missing by his family. The man was said to have disappeared for almost five days without a trace. Tweets by his family and friends called on anyone with useful information about his whereabouts to contact them. “I never imagined it…
Princess Eugenie’s newborn son is expected to have a title nor an official royal role amid reports that the Queen’s granddaughter wants to focus on motherhood and her career rather than picking up any royal duties in the future, and wants the same for her child. The Queen’s granddaughter, 30, and her husband Jack Brooksbank welcomed…
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old prophet, Anietie Inyang from Ikot Ebak village, Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old boy. Prophet Anietie Inyang was alleged to have engaged in anal sex with the victim, who lives with his grandmother at Ikot Ada Utor in Afaha Clan…
ennis pro, Caroline Wozniacki is expecting her first child with her husband, David Lee. The 2018 Australian Open champ, 30, revealed the news via Twitter, announcing that the couple will be welcoming their first child a baby girl June 2021. “We can’t wait to welcome our baby girl in June! ,” the mom-to-be…
A magistrate court in Kano state has remanded a mother of four, Fatima Hamza, in prison custody over the death of her 16-year-old housemaid. It will be recalled that Mrs Hamza was arrested after being accused of beating the late Khadija Rabiu to a pulp and inserting dried pepper and metal object in her vagina for not…
